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Home Depot union denied
DETROIT -- Workers at a Home Depot in suburban Detroit rejected efforts to make the store the first in the home-improvement chain to unionize.
The vote is the latest setback to the Food and Commercial Workers union's efforts to organize employees at big-box discount retailers. About 170 employees cast secret ballots Friday and Saturday, with employees voting 115-42 against joining the UFCW, according to Home Depot spokesman Jerry Shields.
Glitch delays flights
DALLAS -- A computer glitch grounded American Airlines and US Airways flights from coast to coast Sunday morning, causing delays that lasted all day. A computer company official said human error was the likely cause for the problem, which involved departure preparations, such as flight scheduling.
Nike elders step down
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The three oldest members of Nike Inc.'s board of directors have stepped down, citing increased scrutiny of the age of company directors.
"There seems to be movement that age matters -- and that if you're over 80 you don't keep up. People who buy stock look at the age of the directors," said John Jaqua, 84, who has been on the board since Nike's founding in 1968.
In addition to Jaqua, 77-year-old Richard Donohue is stepping down after serving since 1977, as well as Chuck Robinson, 85, a director since 1978.
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